MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 51.7,-113.21 Latitude: 51.70 Longitude: -113.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 92 1 950 530 SFC 914 860 11.6 11.2 98 0.3 11.4 252 5 292.2 293.8 288.2 318.3 9.19 3 900 989 14.6 11.3 80 3.3 12.6 284 14 296.6 298.3 289.9 323.8 9.39 4 850 1471 12.9 10.4 85 2.4 11.4 295 19 299.6 301.3 290.9 327.1 9.38 5 800 1979 10.6 6.7 77 3.9 8.3 291 22 302.4 303.9 290.4 325.5 7.72 6 750 2514 7.0 3.7 79 3.4 5.2 286 23 304.2 305.4 290.0 324.3 6.66 7 700 3078 3.4 0.8 83 2.6 2.1 285 24 306.3 307.3 290.0 324.0 5.81 8 650 3676 0.0 -1.1 92 1.1 -0.5 280 26 309.0 310.0 290.5 325.8 5.45 9 600 4313 -3.7 -5.3 89 1.6 -4.4 275 28 311.9 312.7 290.4 325.4 4.30 10 550 4995 -7.8 -9.8 86 2.0 -8.7 271 26 314.8 315.4 290.4 325.4 3.30 11 500 5730 -12.5 -14.8 83 2.3 -13.3 266 22 317.7 318.2 290.5 325.7 2.42 12 450 6526 -17.9 -20.7 78 2.8 -18.7 244 14 320.8 321.1 290.7 326.3 1.64 13 400 7395 -24.5 -29.3 64 4.8 -25.4 207 11 323.2 323.4 290.6 326.2 0.85 14 350 8352 -32.0 -42.3 35 10.3 -33.0 167 7 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.6 0.26 15 300 9421 -41.0 -60.2 11 19.2 -41.7 147 11 327.6 327.7 291.1 327.8 0.04 16 250 10632 -51.1 -61.4 29 10.2 -51.4 137 15 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.04 17 200 12075 -48.8 -76.0 3 27.2 -49.4 175 21 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 18 150 13977 -47.6 -77.9 2 30.3 -48.4 189 24 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.01 19 100 16606 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 191 16 422.2 422.2 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.51 m Freezing level: 649.81 mb = 3677.97 m = 12066.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.30 mb = 3548.80 m = 11642.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.59 % Est. max temperature: 22.83 C = 73.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.96 mb = 904.40 m = 2967.16 ft T: 12.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 3.13 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.88 mb = 2275.82 m = 7466.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.55 C = 72.59 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: 0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.97 C K Index: 33.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7650.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.18 mb = 1699.24 m = 5574.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.1 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 306.1 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.0 neg: -4.6 tot: 22.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.93 Bulk Shear: 8.72 m/s